---
type: "Bill"
title: "Banks County; board of elections and registration; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Banks County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for the composition of the board and the selection and appointment of members; to provide for the qualification, terms, and removal of members; to provide for oaths and privileges; to provide for meetings, procedures, and vacancies; to relieve certain officers of powers and duties and to provide for the transfer of functions to the newly created board; to provide for certain expenditures of public funds; to provide for compensation of members of the board and personnel; to provide for offices and equipment; to provide for the board's performance of certain functions and duties for certain municipalities; to provide for submission under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "Georgia HB 223 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Gasaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2013-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b60573ba-d661-4b5b-a136-69efee8278eb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1352e8481902d39b47697594dad616da6989fcd598bf5d218f793fe684145108"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 223 (2013_14) — Banks County; board of elections and registration; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a board of elections and registration for Banks County and to provide for its powers and duties; to provide for the composition of the board and the selection and appointment of members; to provide for the qualification, terms, and removal of members; to provide for oaths and privileges; to provide for meetings, procedures, and vacancies; to relieve certain officers of powers and duties and to provide for the transfer of functions to the newly created board; to provide for certain expenditures of public funds; to provide for compensation of members of the board and personnel; to provide for offices and equipment; to provide for the board's performance of certain functions and duties for certain municipalities; to provide for submission under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 223/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132168.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3617/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129870.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Gasaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-05** House Hopper
- **2013-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 44 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b60573ba-d661-4b5b-a136-69efee8278eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).